Guys. Words cannot begin to describe the glorious week we
had. This week was legit SO AMAZING. Ahhhh, God is so good and so are referrals!
Okay let me just ramble to ya a bit about the miracles
that happened. You ready for this?!:)
Brother and Sister Glunt: Alrighty this story actually
starts a couple weeks ago. A couple Tuesdays ago we get a call right as we are
nightly planning. It was our mission president! He starts off by telling us he
has a big task for us. He tells us that he received a call from Elder Gibbons
(a previous member of the quorum of the 70) and that he has a friend here in
Pittsburgh who's very well off, knowledgeable and one of the head architects in
the U.S.A., but whom was ready to hear the gospel. PJ told us that even though
he was in the elders' area he wanted Sister Taunima and I to go and teach them.
Talk about intimidating right?! Ha, ha, ha that is a HUGE
deal to get a referral from a member of the 70 (General Church Authority) and your Mission President. So shaking in our
boots that morning, we prayed as we got out of our car with our accompanying church member, Sister
Eichenmiller, and trekked his stairs, praying not to mess things up. Sister
Taun and I turned to each other before knocking, smiled and quoted 1 Nephi 3:7 at
the same time. We KNEW that this was a big job but most importantly, we knew
that the Lord had provided this opportunity and would provide for us to teach
to the Glunts' needs if we would listen to the spirit. And let me tell you, that
was one of the coolest lessons I've had the privilege of being a part. I
really have come to know that if I stop trying to be perfect and listen to what
the investigator, my companion, our members, and the Spirit says, then just like
the scripture says in D&C 100:6, we will have the "words given to us
in the very hour, yea, in the very moment, what [we] shall say". It was a
powerful lesson because I know we all were able to listen to the Spirit and
help them feel truth as we testified.
Ah, I am so grateful I had the opportunity to have this
first initial contact and hopefully more to come! Brother Glunt and his wife
were so sweet and had such good questions. They said to give them a couple
weeks to read through the Book of Mormon together and come back so we can
answer their questions. So stayed tuned... ;)
Okay another monument moment in my week! So Friday
Sister Taunima and I were planning for our upcoming week which takes
foreverrrrrr... and we hear our doorbell go off a few times. Well in the
complex we live in, they are fixing our steps and so sometimes they come ask to
fill up their buckets. So lazily we get up to go answer and Sister T says
"Someone just left a bunch of stuff!" I run and look at our heart-attacked door and food-filled porch and start crying. She looks at me super
weird and I'm like "Sister T....that's my family!!!" So yeah my
family was so sneaky and it MADE my day. Shout out to my Gamette fam (Uncle & Aunt) for the
heart-attack and all my favorite things. Ha, ha, ha, ha, I love you all so much :) Also
another huge shout out for being missionaries wherever you go. They had stopped
at a grocery store down the road from me and talked to a man named Harold who
seemed interested in finding the peace of the gospel so BOOH YA! Another gem
referral from my fam. 😘
Can you see why it's been an awesome week?! Such
testimony building experiences and times I will never forget :)
Other gems that happened this week:
Monday we
went to the zoo and Bucca di Beppos (fancy Italian restaurant) with the ritzes! Ah, I love them so much they
take such good care of us and it was SO fun!
Thursday I
got to see Sister Simpson again. She was my roomie in the MTC! It was so fun
catching up. She's been on the east her whole mission so it was fun to welcome
her to the west 😜
Love you all!! Have a fabulous week 🎉
Much Love, Sister McDonald.
Ponderize: "O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I
will trust in thee forever." ~ 2 Nephi 4:34
Committment: Adapt to learning and language of a child
(SIMPLIFY!) ~ Sister Durham
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